Baling-press.



No. 745,862. PATENTED DR0I1, 1903. R. R. KERR.

BALING PRRss.

APPLICATION FILED DBO. 18,1902.

NO MODEL. 2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

l H. W"!

PATENTED DEC. 1, 1903.

E. R. KERR.

BALING PRESS.

APPLICATION FILED DEU.16. 1902.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

N0 MODEL.

A m I I I u u I I I I a I u I I I I I I I I I I l 517a Ke abtozmeqs NrrEn STATES Patented December 1, 1903.

ELISHA R. KERR, OF ERIN, TENNESSEE.

BALlNG-PRESS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 745,862, dated December 1, 1903.

Application filed December 16,1902. Serial No. 135,418. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ELISHA R. KERR, a citizen of the United States, residing at Erin, in the county of Houston and State of Tennessee, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Baling-Presses and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to certain improvements in baling-presses.

Said invention has for its object to eifect the expeditious and compact baling of the material acted upon-as, for instance, hay and the like. It also provides for the ready and effective actuation of the various parts, together with the lessening of the labor and time required in the formation of the bales and their delivery from the press. It is also simple, ready of construction, and can be manufactured at the minimum cost.

Said invention consists of the combination and arrangement of parts,including their con struction, substantially as hereinafter more fully disclosed, and specifically pointed out by the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, illustrating the preferred embodiment of my invention, Figure 1 is a broken plan view thereof. Fig. 2 is a cross-section taken through the hopper or where the material is introduced into the press. Fig. 3 is a broken longitudinal section taken through the press proper. Fig. i is a horizontal sectional view disclosing more particularly the holding-dogs or retainers for the material after the withdrawal of the plunger from said material. Fig. 5 is adetail sectional view showing more fully the crank connection between the sweep-shaft and the plunger-rod or pitman. Fig. 6 is a broken side view of the press proper. Fig. 7 is a sec tional view taken through the sweep-carrying shaft, ratchet, and annular track or guide. Fig. 8 is a broken sectional view taken vertically through the plunger. Fig. 9 is a detail view showing the formation of the retaining devices.

Latitude is allowed herein as to details, which may be changed as circumstances may suggest without departing from the spirit of my invention and said invention remain intact and be protected.

In carrying out my invention I employ a suitable press-box or closure 1, in general con struction as usually employedfor such purpose, having the usual filling-opening in its top surmounted by a hopper 2, preferably extended laterally beyond one side Wall to facilitate the reception of the material or hay filled into said receptacle. Vithin said receptacle or press-box is arranged a plunger 3, preferably of aboX-like constructionthat is, with top and lateral portions extending rearward from its head a suitable distance therefrom, said head having attached thereto at its rear side, so as to swing or move laterally, as at 3, the pitman or rod 4e. Said plunger has secured to its forward edge a transverse bar or plate 5, which as said plunger is moved forward in alinement with and past the filling-opening in said receptacle passes directly under and close to a straight-edged I knife 5, thus severing any protruding portions of hay or material to prevent the crowding or wedging of the material as it is passed into the press-chamber, said knife being secured to the opposite edge of the press-chamber. Said plunger has lateral cleats or guides 6 engaging corresponding grooves or slots 6 in the inner surface of the sides of said receptacle. Said plunger also has its head portion provided near its bottom forward edge with preferably tapered or wedgeshaped projections 7, and 8 is a board or partition having undercut corresponding notches in its lower edge adapted to be engaged by or receive said projections, said board or partition being initially inserted in place between the head of the plunger and the material acted upon and forced by said plunger past the retaining devices previously referred toand after having thus been forced past said devices will remain in position between said retaining devices and the hay or material in the baling-chamber of the press. The projections upon the head of the plunger serve to support the division-block when placed so that the notches in its lower edge engage said projections away from the walls and floor of the press-chamber, thus preventing all friction and wear which would otherwise result. Said board or partition has two or more horizontal grooves or gains in its surfaces next to the hay or material to be baled to receive the binding-wires, suitably passed thereinto in the manner usuallypracticed from and through the sides of the press. Retaining devices are preferably formed of triangular plates 5 each of which may be stamped up of sheet metal and folded upon itself, with one of the corner edges of each of the folds thereof extended at right angles to the main portion of the folds, forming stops 5", resting laterally against the receptacle of the press. Said plates are arranged in horizontal longitudinal slits produced laterally in the press-box or receptacle and have their inner ends or angles pivoted therein. Springs 6 with their rear ends suitably held to the press-box, are adapted to exert inward lateral pressure upon said plates to cause said plates to stand normally within the plane of the movement of the plunger, said springs having their opposite ends applied to said plates. The plunger-rod or pitman I has preferably one portion 4 thereof depressed in orderto permit the horse employed as the motorpower for actuating the press to readilystep over said pitmanor rod.

A sweep or hitching-bar 9, loosely fitted upon a vertical shaft having fixed thereto a ratchet 10 and which shaft 11 suitably journaled in the framing 12, said sweep resting above an annular track-like guideway 13, also secured to said framing. Said sweep has connected thereto a pendent inturned proj ection or arm 14;, engaging the under side of said guideway to retain said sweep in a horizontal working position, said sweep also having a pendent pawl 14 engaging said ratchet. Said sweep has suitably connected thereto, preferably by an eyebolt passing through said sweep and secured thereto by the usual nut, what is termed a lead-pole l6 for the horse hitched to said sweep. In practice the press and framing of the power mechanism are preferably held the requisite distance apart for obvious reasons by means of rods or bars suitably adapted and secured in position for that purpose. The shaft 11 is connected to acrank-arm 15, having a longitudinal slot 15 therethrough to receive a bolt 15 effecting connection with said pitman or connecting-rod. Said crank-armhasaroughened surface 15 presented upward and having engaging therewith for its effective retention in place a nut 15, screwed upon said bolt. The shaft 11 bearing said ratchet is suitably stepped in a collar or shoulder 11 resting upon a plate 11 suitably secured upon the framing 12 to retain said ratchet suitably elevated above the lower sides of the slot 9 in the sweep 9, in which said ratchet moves, to prevent contact therewith. By the abovementioned arrangement of the connection between the crank-arm 15 and the pitman at it will be observed that by shifting the bolt 15 after loosening the nut 15 the stroke of said rod or pitman may be readily adjusted as circumstances may require. Said plungerrod or pitman has applied thereto a spring 16, suitably connected to the framing supporting the shaft and to said pitman or rod for providing for the automatic return stroke of said pitman, as is common. Said plungerrod or pitman may be split longitudinally or formed in longitudinal sections for a portion of its length to provide for readily receiving the means of connection between it and said crank-arm. Said crank-arm is ofiset, as at 4: to enable the projecting bolt end and nut to readily clear-the framing 12 as the pitman or plunger-rod is actuated when the machine or press is in operation.

The sweep 9 is preferably made in two pieces, the division being made longitudinally and vertically to provide for its being readily placed in position around the ratchet 10.

In operation it will be readily seen that upon placing or filling the material or hay into the press-box through the hopper-opening and duly actuating the plunger the material will be carried, with the partition or board applied to the head of said plunger, past the retaining devices, and upon the return stroke of said plunger said head or partition, with the hay or material, will be retained in the baling-chamber ready for tying and the formation of the same into a bale, said operation being continued during the continued placing of hay or material in the press chamber and the movement of said plunger.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a device of the character described, a plunger having near its forward bottom edge projections or cleats, and a board or partition temporarily carried by said plunger, having notches in its lower edge adapted to receive said projections or cleats.

2. In a device of the character described, a plunger having lateral guide-cleats engaging corresponding grooves or slots in the press-chamber, and having cleats or projections near its bottom forward edge, a temporary board or partition adapted to be engaged by said cleats or projections, means for actuating said plunger, and a press-box having lateral inwardly-projecting retaining devices to engage said board or partition.

3. In a device of the character described, a press-box or receptacle equipped with retaining devices each comprising a triangular plate with lateral. projections or stops at one angle thereof, arranged exteriorly of said press-box or receptacle, and springs applied to said retaining devices for holding the same normally in the path of the plunger.

4. In a device of the character described, a chamber or receptacle equipped with retaining devices each comprising a triangular plate formed offolds resting one upon the other, with one of the angles of each fold adapted to bear laterally against said recepger-rod having adjustable connection with tacle or chamber, and springs secured to said said crank-arm, and a plunger carried by chamber and bearing upon said plates. said rod Working in a press-chamber.

5. In a device of the character described, In testimony whereof I affix my signature 5 an annular guide or track way suitably supin presence of two witnesses.

ported in position, a sweep or hitching-bar having a pendent arm engaging said guide- ELISHA KERR way, a shaft carrying a ratchet having pawl Vitnesses: connection with said sweep or hitching-bar, G. WV. KANNORD, w a crank-arm connected to said shaft, a plun- R. P. KIRK. 

